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Title: Bee parts on a sticky board.
Post by: charentejohn on August 12, 2020, 10:57:49 AM
Had a new bit doday, a head.  I am used to seeing the normal bits of leg and such (very active colony anyway) but a head is a new one. 
Just the head which was black with tongue out.  Wondered how often this happens.
Open floor so could have come from a dispute near the entrance and eventually fallen through ?
Title: Re: Bee parts on a sticky board.
Post by: The15thMember on August 12, 2020, 01:00:21 PM
Quote from: charentejohn on August 12, 2020, 10:57:49 AM
Had a new bit doday, a head.  I am used to seeing the normal bits of leg and such (very active colony anyway) but a head is a new one. 
Just the head which was black with tongue out.  Wondered how often this happens.
Open floor so could have come from a dispute near the entrance and eventually fallen through ?
I find all sorts of stuff on sticky boards: legs, heads, abdomens, pollen pants, wax scales, etc.  I've seen workers removing parts of dead bees, probably ones that I accidentally crushed between frames or boxes. 
Title: Re: Bee parts on a sticky board.
Post by: BeeMaster2 on August 12, 2020, 03:24:34 PM
Same here. I have oil trays under most of my hives so I see all kinds of bee parts.
Jim Altmiller
Title: Re: Bee parts on a sticky board.
Post by: .30WCF on August 14, 2020, 01:34:06 AM
I frequently squash bees between frames. Once I have the queen in a clip, I don?t care. (I do, but I also want to get out of the hive.) I?m sure I?ve pinned their bodies, and all the undertakers can clean out is the heads.


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